Device for making multicclored tiles and the like



I A.COTOLL DEVICE FOR MAKING MULTICOLORED TILES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2\ 1919 1,328,367. Patented J an. 20, 1920.

nmtrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO CO'IGLI, 0F HABANA, CUBA.

DEVICE FOR MAKING MULTIGOLORED TILES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed. January 2, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANToMo Co'rOLI, Calle de Ricla No. 56, Habana, Cuba, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Making Multicolored Tiles and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for making plates showing designs in a number of diiferent colors, as for instance, multicolored tiles and the like.

An object of the invention is to combine with a mold which is subdivided into compartments, the outline of which corresponds with the outline of the ornaments on the tile, a platen having a plurality of nozzles suitably held therein, said nozzles projecting into the compartments of the mold and supplying said compartments with the liquid paint, which later may harden so as to form the permanent design of the tile.

Another object of the invention is to combine with a nozzle platen of the character suggested, nozzles having mouth pieces which in their shape approximately correspond with the shape of the compartments in the mold so as to facilitate the uniform distribution of the paint in the compartment.

Another object of the invention is to arange in a platen supporting a plurality of nozzles with selectively shaped mouth pieces, a large number of openings symaetrically arranged with respect to a central opening in the plate and adapted to receive the nozzles.

With these and other objects in view, the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of a mold of this character subdivided into compartments, the outline of which corresponds with the outline of the ornaments to be ap plied to the tile;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the nozzle platen with a number of nozzles inserted therein;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a mold of this character combined with a nozzle platen and a number of nozzles supported thereby, a section being taken on line 33 of Fig. 1 or 4;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of a plate of this character showing diagrammatically a uniform distribution. of a plurality of nozzles therein.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 269.180.

The mold 1 is provided with a plurality of compartments which are confined by walls arranged so as to indicate the outline of a predetermined design to be applied to a tile or the like. The design selected includes, by way of example, triangular compartments 2 near the corners of the mold, crescent shaped compartments 3, leaf shaped compartments and diagonally disposed elliptical compartments 5, which compartments surround a circular central compartment 6. It is to be noted, however, that the description of this design is merely mentioned here by way of example, and that a design of any other description can be supplied with paints through a suitably selected mold.

For the purpose of selectively supplying the various compartments of this mold with liquid paints of difierent colors, the paints are supplied through flexible tubes 7 from containers not shown in the drawing to nozzles S, which are inserted into the free ends of the fieXible tube 7. These nozzles are held in a predetermined relation with respect to the con'ipartments of the mold l by a platen 9, which is provided with a large number of openings 10 adapted to receive the nozzles 8 and to maintain the same by friction against accidental displacement. As will be seen from Fig. 4, the openings 10 in the platen 9 are symmetrically arranged with respect to a central opening, and this arrangement will greatly facilitate the se lection of the proper opening for supplying J a symmetrical ornament on a tile with the necessary liquid paint. The openings 10, which for the purpose of supplying the ornament shown in Fig. l with liquid paint would be used for receiving the nozzles 8, are indicated as showing the nozzles in crosssection for the purpose of diagrammatic illustration only. These nozzles for the various compartments, as shown diagranlmatically in Fig. 4, are designated by the reference character 8 and the index showing the number of that part of the ornament by which said part is designated in Fig. 1. So, for instance, 8 indicates the opening 10, in which the nozzle 8 for supplying the compartment 2 of the mold is inserted, 8 indicates the opening 10, which holds the iozzle 8 for supplying the elongated compartment 5 of the mold with the paint, etc.

It is obvious from the above description that by means of this plate the nozzles may be arranged so as to supply paints of different colors to a number of compartments in arbitrarily selected arrangement. To facilitate the distribution of the paint or other semiplastic mass over the area of the compartment into which the nozzle is inserted, the lower end, or discharge mouth, of the nozzle may be shaped in conformity with the general contour of that compartment in which it is inserted. In Fig. 2, by way of example, a number of nozzles 8 are shown Without any reference to the location of the compartments inthe mold 1. Fig. 2 merely illustrates the various shapes which these nozzles may have for the purpose of properly distributing the paint. It may be seen, for instance, that the discharge end 8 is shaped in the form of a rectangle, as inclicated diagrammatically also in Fig. l, to supply the compartment 4 with the liquid. The nozzle 8*, having triangular shape at its mouth end, may serve for supplying the compartment 2 of the mold, while the mouthend 8, of reticular area, may, for instance, be used for supplying paint or other liquid material to the crescent shaped compartments 3. Fig. 2 illustrates, by way of eX- ample, only additional nozzles having differently shaped mouth pieces without illustrating the application of these mouth pieces to compartments in the mold.

The operation of the device is about as follows:

The mold 1 is placed upon an unfinished tile T, and the platen 9 is held above said mold by some suitable device not illustrated in the drawing. The nozzles 8, having selectively shaped mouth pieces 8 8, 8 respectively to correspond approximately with the general shape of the compartments in which said nozzles are to be inserted, are introduced through the openings 10 of the platen 9 and the flexible paint supply tubes 7 are secured to the opposite end of the nozzles. It is obvious that generally tiles of this character are provided with ornaments showing designs symmetrically arranged be repeated with respect to other parts of the ornament which recur in the entire design.

After the platen has been provided with the nozzles and when the nozzles are connected with the flexible tubes 7, it is obvious that the various compartments of the mold can rapidly be supplied with the necessary amount of different paints, and that a large number of tiles can be successively finished in a very uniform Way. The paints may be supplied to all. of the tubes at the same time or successively.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mold having a plurality of compartments of varying design, of a plate provided with a plurality of circular openings uniformly distributed over a predetermined area of said plate, nozzles projecting selectively through certain of said openings into some of said compartments, said nozzles having mouth pieces of different shape at one end and having circular cross-section at the other end, and paint supply tubes attached to said circular end portions.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a mold having compartments of different outlines, a plate provided with a plurality of uniformly distributed circular openings, nozzles projecting through said openings into said compartments, the lower projecting ends of said nozzles being shaped to correspond approximately with the main dimension of the compartment into which they project, the other end of said nozzles being of circular cross-section, and paint supply tubes attached to said last named ends.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature.

ANTONIO COTOLI. 

